Ornamental glass.



] UNITED STATES ;1 a OFFICE- J'OHN P. RICHTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

QBNAMENTAL GLASS.

Application filed June 30, 1916. Serial No. 106,774.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN PAUL RICHTER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, Jamaica Estates, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Glass, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of ornamental glass and more particularly to that type in which the parts, units or structure pre- .senting or forming the ornamental pattern are embodied or contained within the sheet or pane of glass or other vitreous substance.

The common type of wire glass, in which a netting or metallic trellis is embodied in the glass to act primarily as a reinforcement, has proven satisfactory for use as window panes in various places where an ornamental appearance is not particularly desired or, at least, isnot important. So far as I am advised, the attempts which have heretofore been made to render the sheets or panes sufficiently ornamental and attractive in appearance to secure their extensive use in banks, offices and other places where an attractive appearance, in addition to the well known useful propertles, is desired, have not met with complete success, due either to the difficulties encountered 1n the manufacture or to the defects in the completed structure, resultlng in a loss of the desirable strength, homogeneity or other property.

The main object of my invention is to so construct, connect and combine the units or parts going to makeup the ornamental pattern that the'same may be incorporated in the glass in the same way that it is now employed for incorporating ordinary wire mesh, and when incorporated will be properly positioned at a substantially uniform distance, from the surface of the glass and will not act to increase the fragility or in any way prevent the use of the product for any purpose for which ordinary wire glass is now used.

In its preferred embodiment, my im- ;proved construction includes a wire mesh of such weave and size of Wire that it may be combined with the glass or other vitreous Specification of Letters Patent.

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letters, numerals, symbolic designs, or ar ranged in accordance with any predetermined pattern. They may be secured to the wire mesh in any suitable manner, preferably by means which will not be affected by the temperature of the molten glass. The wire mesh may be of the ordinary form with hexagonal apertures, or may be of any other desired form suitable for supporting and properly positioning the elements of the pattern. The wires themselves or certain particular wires may berendered conspicuous by their larger sizeor by a coating so as to form a part of the design itself, or the wires may be made so small as to be inconspicuous to the casual observer. In fact, the wires may serve solely as the means for supporting, introducing and positioning the elements of the design within the glass and may largely, if not entirely, lose their reinforcing function.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated certain embodiments of my invention, but I desire it to be understood that I am not to i be limited to the specific constructions shown in said drawings, as various other forms and arrangements may be readily designed within the scope of my invention. In these drawings- Figure 1 is a face view of a panel having the pane constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a face view of one unit showing a modified form of connecting or securing means,

Fig. lis a transverse section upon the 'line 4-4 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a face view of a different arrangement of wire mesh and two different forms of designunits secured,iand

Figs. 6 and 7 are faceviews of further forms of design units.

In the specific construction.illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, I employ a wire mesh 10 formed of a series of wires, all extending in the same general direction. Each wirehas elements going to make upthe body of the design. These are shown as small metal plates 12, each in the tom of a Greek. cross and each; with its upper and lower extremities I3. bent. over to lie parallel with the body portion andto grip the wire and hold the plate in position. The. plates are shown as being superposed upon certain of the twisted portions of the wire but, it is of. course evident that they may be secured. to, any other portion ofthe wire mesh.

In Figs. 3 and 4:, I have shown a. some what similar plate 13 which is secured in Jplace to the Wire mesh 10 by two small lugs glass.

or projections 14; struck out from the body portion of the plate adjacent to the center I and bent to partially encircle or grip the wires in the rear of the body ofv the plate.

I As previously indicated, the plates may be of any desired. material which will not be affected by the temperature of'molten I find that by using dull wires of some suitable white metal and bright or polished copper plates, a very effective design may be produced.

The form ofthewire mesh is not essential unless a particular form be desired for producing some particular design. In-Fig. 5' have shown a wire mesh which includes wires 15 arranged substantially at right angles to a second set of wires 16 -so as .to

leave rectangular apertures. I .The wires may be'irregularly spaced or'may be arranged in pairs so as to produce apertures in the form of large squares, small squares and rectangles. Different objects or elements going to make up the design may be secured I p to this wire mesh, depending upon the size and shape of the aperture over which the objectis to be secured or depending upon the design or effect to be produced.

The wires may be interwoven so as to form a complete substantially permanent structure, irrespective o'fthe elements of the design, or the two sets of wires may be merely superposed and they maybe held together at the overlapping points by elements of the design. In Fig. 4 I have shown one plate 17 in the form of an open frame with inwardly curvedv sides and superposed on one of the large square apertures of the wire mesh-r Each corner of this frame may be bent over the adjacent wire to hold the part in position. Over the small squares I have shown narrow strips 18 at right angles to each other and overlappingcertai-n. of the Wires and. secured. in place in any suitable manner as for instance by bending the ends of the strips around into. engagement with the. opposite sides. of the Wire.

In Fig. 6, I have shown plate, 19 substantially in the tormof. a ring with, projecting lugs 20; which may be left shown 7 or which may serve as attaching lugs and be bent around the wire.

In Fig, '1, I have shown. a plate 21 formoi" a crescentwith similar lugsfQQ.

A design may be made up. entirely of simi-.

lar units as. in Fig. 1 or may be made up of. a plurality of difierent kinds of units as in Fig. 5,, or the units themselves may be in the form of small letters; numerals, or

other devices to tormv a legend, title, or

otherwise impart intt'ormatifon irrespective ofany attempt to secure a particularly ornamental efi'ect.

Having thus described myinvention, what I'claim as new and desire to secure,- by Letters Patent is: r

. 1.. A glass plate having wires embedded therein and a plurality of units of definite substantially id'enticaltorm secured to said wires and cooperating withsaid wires to form a design. p

'2. A glass plate having wires entirely embedded within the body of the glassand a plurality of units forming a design and also entirely embedded within the glass,

said units being of definite. form and large in, respect to the diameter of the wires and spaced and positioned in respect to each other by said wires.

3. A glass plate having wire mesh entirely embedded within the body of the glass and a plurality of units forming a design and also entirely embedded withintheglass, said units being of'a size bearing a predetermined relationship 'to the size of the mesh and being rigidly secured to said wires prior to the introduction of said wires and units into the glass.

I 4. A glass plate, having a wire mesh embedded therein, anda plurality of small thin plates of non-combustible] material secured to said wire mesh and also embedded within the glass and each of a width materially greater than the diameter of the wires of the mesh.

' 5. An article of manufacture including a wire mesh, a plurality of elements secured thereto at spaced points and arranged to cooperate with .the wires of the mesh to form a design, and a sheet of glass inclosing said wires and units.

6. An article of manufacture including a plurality of wires, a series of small metal plates each having a portion thereof bent around an adjacent wire portion to space and position said plates in respect to each other, and a sheet of glass reinforced by said wires.

7. An article of manufacture including a plurality of wires, a series of small metal plates each having a portion thereof bent around an adjacent wire portion to space and position said plates in respect to each Copies of this patent may be obtained for other, and a sheet of glass covering said wires.

8. The method herein described for making ornamental glass sheets which consists in securing a plurality of small metal plates to a wire mesh and spaced and positioned in respect to each other in accordance with a predetermined pattern and entirely embedding said wire mesh and plates within a sheet of glass.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 28th day of June, A. D. 1916.

JOHN P. RICHTER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatenta, Washington, D. C. 

